Two Americans and a Russian are on their way to the international space station, Associated Press reported. A Russian rocket with a Soyuz capsule carrying American computer game millionaire Richard Garriott has lifted off from the launch facility in Kazakhstan for a two-day trip to the orbital station. Also aboard are U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov. Garriott is the first American to follow his father into space. Garriott's father Owen made two space flights as a U.S. astronaut in the 1970s and 80s. He and other relatives watched Sunday's launch from a viewing platform at the Baikonur facility on the Kazakh steppe. Garriott is to spend about 10 days on the space station. Fincke and Lonchakov are to replace the crew and remain for months.
